Inherently safer technology: the cure for chemical plants which are dangerous by design.
I. INTRODUCTION II. CHEMISTRY IS BIG BUSINESS III. THE VULNERABILITY IS REAL AND CREDITABLE A. Terror Attacks on Chemical Facilities Are Rare B. The Big Bang 1. A Lack of Imagination 2. The Impact Could Be Catastrophic IV. EXISTING REGULATIONS DO NOT ENCOURAGE INHERENTLY SAFER TECHNOLOGY A. Clean Air...

Nat'l product labelling system being finalized.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT A multi-sectoral committee is drafting a legislative measure that would create a national product labelling system to ensure the safe usage of chemicals that are hazardous to human health and environment. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Elmer C. Hernandez, also managing head of...

DENR to come up with chemical control for highly-toxic lead.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is targeting to come up this year with a chemical control order (CCO) for highly-toxic lead as the top priority among six chemicals that should be strictly regulated due to their hazardous health and environmental...

Landfill appeal to focus on contamination; Minor changes sought.
Byline: Craig S. Semon STURBRIDGE - The Sturbridge Board of Health will file an appeal of Southbridge Board of Health's decision for a municipal solid waste expansion at its landfill. In a 3-2 vote on June 4, Southbridge Board of Health decided to allow Casella...

Green grows the downturn, O!
Toxic ! Dangerous! The greatest hazard we face! Asbestos? No: the EPA THE U.S. Court of Appeals recently did something remarkable: it overturned a 1989 ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banning asbestos. In so doing it set a precedent requiring regulators actually to justify their...

Environmental Hazards: Toxic Waste and Hazardous Material.
This handbook in the World Contemporary Issues series by ABC-CLIO is a comprehensive reference guide for researchers arid legislative analysts tackling the topics of pollution by hazardous waste, pesticides, toxic substances, asbestos and oil. Written by two Pennsylvania State University professors, the book places the environmental and...

HSA crimes already in other laws -- Pimentel.
Byline: HANNAH L. TORREGOZA The Philippines can fight the battle against terrorism effectively even without the Human Security Act (HSA), Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said yesterday. Pimentel said the HSA, Republic Act 9372, does not clearly define what terrorism is. It merely makes...

Of natmats, terrorists, and toxics: regulatory adaptation in a changing world.
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE PERFECT STORM A. Natural Accidents B. Climate Change C. Industrial Terrorism III. DUELING PARADIGMS: MANAGEMENT VS. PREVENTION A. Implementing the Dominant Paradigm B. Inherently Safer Design IV. ADAPTATION: INTEGRATION OF ISD V. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION A Category four hurricane is bearing...

TOXIC PLANET.
We live in a toxic planet. The air is no longer clean, neither is the rain that falls on us nor the ground that we plant our vegetables on. We wonder why there are so many cancers and how many people are dying from it. Scientists puzzle...

Environmental protection plans drawn up.
Byline: EDMER F. PANESA The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) yesterday drew up action plans to help solve environmental problems in all provinces nationwide. Environment Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez assured governors of the country's...